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SUBJECT: Final Report on 1. Reference is made te: tho DOD-AEC Phase of the Bikini Atoll Cleanup Command,DASA dated 22 Sop 1969 which certifies the satisfactom Co~lO1 \tion of the general radiological cleanup of sikini Atoll. (E~c1-$) - Co_~der, JTG 8.8 dated 8 Ott 1969 which states that the Bikini el*UMP responsibility for the management of Bikini Atoll. (Encl 4} 2. Reference a designates Director, MM as the Pxwject Manager for the joint DOD-AECclmnup of Bikini Atoll. Reference reportedtk rmoval of abandoned nuclear test facilities and tlm disposal *f SdiOactive debris on the various islands comprising Bikini Atoll. ,Refereme ““ c reported the satisfactory completion of tho genoml radiological cleanup of Bikini Atoll. Reference d accepts respons%btlity for the wnagement of Bikini Atoll by the Trust Territory Ilmmnimt. This joht , , , DOD-AX cleanup of Bikini Atoll was successfully coqleted during 1969 tute the Atoll and return tho BikM nativc$ to their ancestral hosn. “12./
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SU3JECT: Final Report on the DOO-AECPhase of tho Bikini Atoll Cleanup 3. A final conpehonsive report of tb DOD-ABCpha%e of the tion of Bikini Atoll IUS boon coqlotod and wi 11 be r8toinod Nstorical filoa of Headquarters, MS&
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ancl to asaisi them in calrying it olli-. accident hazards to the pcq>ul~[!on or inlcrfcrc \\’iih their reasonable usc of the lancl. The Dcpartn~ent. of the In{erior has agreccl to the above delinea”tjon of the task; ho~’:c~-cr, certain dccisiom as to the ren~oval of Interior also rccJL]csted the AEC and DOD to fund the cleanup costs that tion by CcJngress for the bal.ancc of funds nc:eclcd to cornplcte the cleanup task in FY 1970 and to pay for a i rlift; upon Ycccipt, these funcls will be made avail ab]. e to A.L7C /DOD or their designated agent for this project. the “rrust Territory, has not yet been fornu-]ly ~elc~.secl to the Trust The Sccrcf.ary of Dcfcnsc has a{lthor;~.ccl the obligation of not in excess Of $300 thousand from the FY 1969 l)C)D Contingency Fund IO cover the .
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plishing ibis projcci. m Acldit.ioi~~l consiclcr~{ic>i~s v.~%jch are to govern the conduct of ihe project and “rC]FLf; Ol”JS I’.’ith the AEC are cCJllt2.illcd in relationships a.nil use of civilian confrzct support. This agrccme. nt Inicl’; or, the miliiary sctrviccs, and cihcr concerned of f;ccs ancl agencies c. Policy matters falling outsjclc ihc premises contained in this memorandum ancl its a’Lct2chrnent I’lill be refe:~rcd to my office for I
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4. DOD FY 1.969 funds ~’.~ill not be available for obligation after 30 June 1969; tlicsc funds ~vil] be ma-de a~~ailable to the AEC. I>l;oject. Atanaflcr for the clc?<riyg operation described above, will act fOr both the Chair ]na]l, At. olnic Energy C,on3nlission and the Sccrctary
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